Top best Native Peoples Law Lawyers in Seattle | 31 available

Joe Sexton is a Partner with Galanda Broadman, PLLC. Joe focuses on tribal sovereignty issues, working primarily on environmental and cultural resources matters, advocating for enrolled members in disenrollment defense and civil rights plaintiff cases, economic development for tribal governments and individuals, and complex Indian Country litigation. Joe has also successfully represented individual tribal members in catastrophic injury cases, securing favorable settlements. Before joining Galanda Broadman, Joe worked in-house for a tribal government. While working in-house, Joe developed and enhanced tribal government programs, including a motor vehicle registration program. He also negotiated the purchase of tribal lands, and successfully fought in courts and administrative forums to protect his client’s tribal sovereignty, the indigenous and human rights of his client’s constituents, and his client’s threatened cultural resources. His experiences before practicing law—including service in the United States Marine Corps and working as an intern in Bosnia and Herzegovina— equipped Joe to thrive in diverse communities, work efficiently and effectively under pressure, and relentlessly pursue his clients’ objectives.. After law school, Joe worked for Williams Kastner, a medium-sized Seattle law firm, where he represented businesses and individuals before federal and state courts, often-times securing summary judgment rulings in his clients’ favor and achieving favorable settlement results at mediation.

I am a Native lawyer whose goal is simply to represent Tribes in the best way possible. I have worked in-house for a tribe, in DC as legislative director for a Native economic development trade association, and in the Federal government. Now in private practice back in Indian Country, I am excited about the opportunity to use my wide experience and knowledge base to work with Tribes as they strive to take tribal governments, economic development and services for our communities to the next level.

Hunter Abell is a senior associate at Williams Kastner whose practice emphasizes civil litigation and Indian law. A native of Washington, Mr. Abell was raised on a ranch on the rural Colville Indian Reservation in Ferry County. Prior to joining Williams Kastner, Mr. Abell served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps where he obtained extensive trial experience in criminal defense and as a prosecuting attorney. His legal experience in the U.S. Navy includes his role as Liaison Officer in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq where he worked to assist prosecuting insurgents accused of attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces.. Mr. Abell graduated from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA and earned his JD from Gonzaga University School of Law.  Prior to serving on active duty in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Abell received his LLM from Georgetown University Law Center.  Mr. Abell currently serves as an adjunct faculty member for Brandman University to teach courses on Western Legal Tradition and Social and Political Theory to military and civilian students. Mr. Abell is a reservist in the U.S. Navy Reserve and his personal military decorations include the Joint Service Commendation Medal and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.. Mr. Abell is married to his wife, Sara and enjoys hiking, waterskiing, and horseback riding.

Gabe is the managing lawyer at Galanda Broadman. His practice focuses on complex, multi-party litigation and crisis management, representing tribal governments, businesses and citizens. He is skilled at defending tribal parties against legal attack by governmental or private parties; advocating for tribal members in disenrollment and other civil rights defense; and representing tribal plaintiffs and defendants in catastrophic personal injury lawsuits. He also assists tribes with transactions and strategy related to various economic diversification has been named to Best Lawyers in America in the field of Native American Law from 2007 to 2018, and dubbed a Super Lawyer by his peers from 2013 to 2018.

Eric Eberhard is a partner in the Indian and Gaming Law practice group. His practice involves the representation of Indian tribes, Tribal organizations, and entities doing business with Indian tribes in federal, state and tribal judicial, legislative and administrative forums in regard to fee-to-trust transfers, gaming, federal contracts, federal recognition, the formation of Tribal corporations, environmental law, administrative law, jurisdiction, the development of tribal law, self-governance, cultural resource protection and the federal trust responsibility.. United States SenateStaff Director and Counsel, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1994-1995; Minority Staff Director/Counsel, 1989-1994; Legislative Counsel to Senator McCain, 1991-1993.

Corin is an Associate in the Seattle office. His practice focuses on litigation involving tribal governments and enterprises, and Indian civil rights.. Corin recently moved from Portland, Oregon, where he worked in civil litigation. His prior practice focused on personal injury, contract, and insurance law.. During his time in Oregon, Corin worked with the multiple non-profits focused on improving the lives of urban Native Americans.. Corin is a Koyukon Athabaskan descendant whose family hails from Nulato, Alaska.

Bree is an Associate in the Seattle office. Her practice focuses on federal court and tribal court litigation involving tribal governments, enterprises and businesses.. Bree recently completed a clerkship with Judge Brian M. Morris in the United States District Court for the District of Montana Great Falls Division, which has civil and criminal jurisdiction over several Indian reservations. She regularly encountered federal procedural and jurisdictional issues involving tribal parties, including tribal sovereign immunity and tribal court jurisdiction.. Prior to her federal court clerkship, Bree served as a youth advocate and case manager at the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation’s Labateyah Youth Home in Seattle, where she advanced the interests of formerly homeless young adults.. Bree is an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; her Indian name is “Prized Woman.”. Bree likes to powwow dance, hunt, and hike in her free time. She also enjoys traveling with her parents, acclaimed artists Catherine Black Horse and Terrance Guardipee to Native American art shows across the country. Bree was born and raised in the Seattle area.

Amber Penn-Roco is an Associate in the Seattle office of Galanda Broadman, PLLC. Amber’s practice focuses tribal sovereignty issues, including environmental issues, economic development, and complex Indian Country litigation. Her experience also includes work on transactional matters, including entity formation, environmental compliance and permitting. Amber's practice involves work with a number of enviornmental statutes, including the Clean Water Act, the Comprehensive Enviironmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, Washington's Model Toxics Control Act, and the Endangered Species Act.. Amber has worked in the Native American Unit of the Northwest Justice Project, working to further tribal interests and to provide access to justice to low-income tribal populations. At her former firm, K&L Gates, Amber represented the Duwamish Tribe, pro bono, in its efforts to seek federal recognition.. Amber is an enrolled member of the Chehalis Tribe.

A founding Partner of Galanda Broadman PLLC, whose practice focuses on representing tribal governments in corporate, public affairs, and economic development matters, along with tribe and company-critical business litigation, Anthony regularly consults with businesses and tribal governments regarding taxation, crisis response, risk management, and legislative strategy.  He has also defended businesses and gobernments in catastrophic injury lawsuits and claims.. From 2007 to 2010 he practiced at Wililams Kastner as an associate in the Tribal Practice and Business Litigation goups. He has appeared before Washington and Oregon state trial courts, federal district courts and tribal, state and federal administrative bodies. Anthony has a diverse trial and litigation experience, ranging from arguing and obtaining an injuction against the US Dept of Agriculture in federal court, serving successfully as lead trial counsel for a major coproration in a Washington business dispute, to his jury trial defense of a public employer at the state trial court level.. Anthony previously served as Chair of the Washington State Bar Association Administrative Law Section. Editor of the Washington State Bar Association Indian Law Newsletter, puplished by the Indian Law Section.. Names as a Rising Star by Washington Law & Politics magazine in 2010, 2013 and 2014.